Quick create is a set of shortcuts that help speed up your process when brainstorming or diagraming.

Use quick create to:

• Add stickies and shapes to your board with fewer clicks and trips to the toolbar
• Create a sticky or shape with the text field active, add some text, quick create the next shape, and repeat
• Automatically add connectors between new shapes as they're being created

Quick create stickies

Keyboard shortcut

1. Add a sticky to your board.
2. Press ⌘ CommandReturn / ControlEnter.

A new sticky is created to the right, with its text field active.

From an existing sticky

When you hover over the blue dot at the edge of a selected sticky on the board, a quick create icon appears that lets you create a new sticky in that direction. You can create a new sticky to the top, right, bottom, and left of an existing sticky on the board.

1. Add a sticky to your board.
2. Hover your cursor over a side of the sticky to activate the quick create icon.
3. Click to create the next sticky in that direction, or drag the preview to any location on your board.

A new sticky is created, with its text field active.

Quick create shapes

Shapes sidebar

Use the shapes sidebar to view and access all shapes and line types, along with those recently used.

To open the shapes sidebar, click in the toolbar to open the shapes menu and select More shapes. The sidebar will remain open while you work. Click to close the shapes sidebar.

Keyboard shortcut

1. Add a shape to your board.
2. Press ⌘ CommandReturn / ControlEnter.

A new shape is created to the right with a connector and its text field active.

From an existing shape

When you hover over the blue dot at the edge of a selected shape, a quick create icon is displayed that lets you select and create a new shape and connector in that direction. You can create a new shape to the top, right, bottom, and left of an existing shape. Clicking repeatedly on the same side creates more shapes below and above the last shape added.

1. Add a shape to your board.
2. Hover your cursor over the blue dot at the side of the shape to activate the quick create icon.
3. Click to select and create the next shape in that direction, or drag the preview to any location on your board.

A new shape is created with a connector and its text field active.